Reeds: Columnist is thankful to all contributors

Saturday

Jan 5, 2013 at 12:01 AM

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year.

By Susie OwensCorrespondent

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. I can remember my mother and grandmother saying the years fly by as you get older. It seems like 2012 was in turbo mode to me. I have made a New Year's Resolution to slow down in 2013. How many of you that know me thinks that will happen. A big thanks to everyone that has submitted information for the column in 2012. Children will be dismissed earlyJan. 17 will be early dismissal at noon at Reeds Elementary School. Jan. 18 – 22 will be student holidays. Report cards will be issued on Jan. 29. The PTO are selling cookbooks in the front office at Reeds Elementary for $15. These would make a great gift and have some great recipes in them. Library will observe holiday on Jan. 21The West Davidson Public Library will be closed on Jan. 21 in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Duct tape class for sixth graders and up will be at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 14. Please call for reservations at 853-4800. Make sure to stop by for the book and magazine sale. Paperbacks are fill a bag for $1 or 25 cents a book. Hardbacks are 50 cents per book. Buy a fiction and take two non-fiction. 2011 magazines are 10 cents per magazine.Buy some chicken pieThe Veterans of Reeds American Legion Post No. 162 will be selling chicken pies on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until noon. The pies are frozen and ready to cook. They include gravy and cooking instructions. To place an advance order or to schedule a pick-up appointment outside regular Saturday hours, call 239-2157 or 853-7212. Proceeds from the sale of the pies go to veterans projects in the West Davidson area and to the state veteran's home in Salisbury.Shiloh will host its monthly breakfastIt's not too early to mark your calendar for Shiloh United Methodist Church next buffet breakfast coming up on February 2nd.Prayers are neededPlease keep the families of Clifton "Johnny" Ramsey, Mark Davis Sarver, Willie Boone Jr, and Joyce Swicegood in your thoughts and prayers. Also please keep the family of my aunt, Lois Potts, in your thoughts and prayers. Send in your newsIf you have any information for future columns please email to reedscolumn@yahoo.com or call or text 470-3260. You can also leave a message and I will get your information in the next published column.